St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-07
REDS VICTIM
HOvers Between Life and Death
Reid is Under Arrest.


The condition of Maud Coulston, the
victim of j. Hal Reds lustful outrage,
was pronounced somewhat improved
last evening, although she appears to
be conscious at intervals, and it is not
certain that she will recover.
Public indignation so thoroughly
aroused by the assault of the fiend
hurry upon Miss Sylvester is again at
fever heat, and the feeling against Reid
has not been allayed by the publication
of a letter in which he coolIy proposes
to get divorce from his wife. This
letter was probably written Sunday,
and was posted at st. Paul, and is now
in the possession of Judge w. G. HOl-
Inns, who has been employed by Mrs.
Williams, Miss CoultSon's sister. as
counsel. 1t reads:
Mrs. Fred B. William S: hereby agree to
marry Maud just as soon as can get di-
vorce. L will write Mrs. r. just how things
are and she will jump at the chance So
help me heaven, had L known that NJ was
yirtuous, ! would sooner have cut my right
hand off than have done as I have. Send
me an immediate answer to Montreal. Can
ada. TASK NJ. If she will marry me. If so, it
will only take three weeks for me to repair
my error. l am like every other human
being. am not going to be Shot down like a
heart that will do the right thing Re-
member it is my own proposition, if M.
is agreeable. For 1 do love her.
and she can make man of me. You know
am of good family, and she might do worse
l thought she had been in the business so
long that she had been through the mill, or,
so help me God, never should have done it.
will do right and marry her if she will have
me. | don't want Fred to kill me, or me to
kill him; and for your sisters sake keep this
affair within the family. 1 have now done
all any man can do. Write me to Montreal,
Can, and tell me if she consents.
You Know WHo
Direct letter to the name on the bills.
REID IN JAIL.
Hal Reid is in Jail at Alliance. O., and
Lieut.. John Cook, of the st. Paul police,
left last night for that place to bring
him back to st. Paul. The authorities
in st. Paul are inclined to accept the
story of Mrs. Williams with more than
grain of allowance, and they
think there is considerable prob
ability that the charge of raping
Maud Coulston will never be substanti-
ated against Reid. The man did not
leave st. Paul until Sunday night, and
has made no effort whatever to avoid
detection, but revealed his whereabouts
in the telegram received by Manager
Scott Gum, OF the West Side opera
HOuoC, Liz
was dated at Chicago, Sept. 5, and read:
''See father; get money and ship at once
my trunk to Alliance, o." Thestory of
Mrs. Williams was not made public
until Monday, three days after the crime
is alleged to have been committed, and
Mrs. Williams did not tell her story to
the authorities in st. Paul but to the
newspapers in Minneapolis. Reid was
in 10 Clinton's saloon on Fourth
street, near Minnesota, early
Saturday morning endeavoring to
raise money on coat which
he carried. He was dressed in a stage
suit of corduroy. His face was swollen
on one side from the scratch inflicted by
Mrs. Williams at the supper table. He
told straight story about the affair,
saying that his intercourse with the
girl had been discovered by her sister,
who had kicked up a. rumpus.
Ried tried III several other places
to raise Money by pawning his coat,
and he was reported at police headqliar-